TikTok’s “addictive design” has been found to violate EU digital laws – in a move that could land the Chinese-owned company a fine of up to 6 per cent of its global revenue. Preliminary findings of the European Commission investigation, announced on Friday, said the video app’s infinite scroll, autoplay, push notifications and “highly personalised”…
Before it was removed, Derrick Johnson, the president of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, or NAACP, called the video “disgusting and utterly despicable” and accused Trump of attempting to distract the public from the Epstein case and a “rapidly failing economy.”
300 journalists have lost their jobs at The Washington Post. Over 300,000 readers have canceled their subscriptions. Owner Jeff Bezos, who purchased the legendary publication in 2013, has driven his reputation into the ground by using his vast empire to churn out content designed to make President Donald Trump happy: Amazon MGM Studios spent $40…
OpenAI announced last week that it will retire some older ChatGPT models by February 13. That includes GPT-4o, the model infamous for excessively flattering and affirming users. For thousands of users protesting the decision online, the retirement of 4o feels akin to losing a friend, romantic partner, or spiritual guide. “He wasn’t just a program….
AT&T Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET’s key takeaways AT&T has unveiled its carrier-designed smartphone for kids. The amiGO Jr. phone has extensive parental controls. The phone is $3 a month plus monthly service. If you’ve been debating whether it’s time for your child to have their own phone, AT&T…
Modern biotech has the tools to edit genes and design drugs, yet thousands of rare diseases remain untreated. According to executives from Insilico Medicine and GenEditBio, the missing ingredient for years has been finding enough smart people to continue the work. AI, they say, is becoming the force multiplier that lets scientists take on problems…
Bitcoin’s collapse has prompted some retail investors in Hong Kong to snap up the world’s largest cryptocurrency after its value fell by more than half from its peak. According to crypto asset data tracker CoinGecko, the price of bitcoin slumped to almost US$60,000 on Friday morning, Hong Kong time, less than half its historical high…
In a statement, the Department for Transport said that although it would not be rolling out any new smart motorways, they remained among our safest roads in terms of deaths and serious injuries, and were just as safe, or safer, than the roads they replaced.
